Island Lake Opinion
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Workers' demands out of the ordinaryJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - The construction workers unions are demanding raises of 5 percent (15 percent raise over 3 years). The current strike is disrespectful to taxpayers. Don't these unions r...
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No sense opposing financial reform billJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - How sad it is that with the unfortunate death of Sen. Robert Byrd, the passage of the president's financial reform legislation could actually now be in doubt. It seems t...
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Better Wall Street oversight needed, protection for consumersJul 08, 2010 11:00 pm - After the scare of an economic collapse a couple years ago, an overhaul of the oversight rules for Wall Street seems due. We haven't had real consumer protection on the ...
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It's time for an Illinois tea partyJul 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Now that the Daily Herald has proclaimed, in a front page news story, that Cook County is perfectly within its right to mount red-light cameras within municipal boundari...
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Longmeadow bridge to bring headacheJul 05, 2010 11:00 pm - To all residents who will be affected by the construction of a $117 million Longmeadow Parkway bridge, I would like to invite you to come and stand along Randall Road be...
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Tell them you want financial reformJul 05, 2010 11:00 pm - I'm just a nobody. A middle-aged homemaker from a middle class town. But I try to stay informed about what is happening in our nation and in our world. And here's an ugl...
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BG farmers market opening is triumphJul 04, 2010 11:00 pm - I think the Daily Herald missed the boat. You had an opportunity to put something positive about Buffalo Grove in the paper and you did not. The Farmers Market was fanta...
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Wasting Zion's energy is foolishJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Unless there is intervention soon, Zion's dual nuclear facility, capable of producing 2,100 megawatts of power, will be foolishly wasted. Exelon Corporation, which owns ...
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Medical marijuana a humane option for patients of Ill.Jul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - We don't wait for the times to change but rather we can change this very moment in time. There are some who drift and never do anything to bring about change. Others fee...
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Time to get American troops out of AfghanistanJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Now that Gen. Stanley McChrystal has been dismissed for insubordination the President should, after nine years of sacrificing hundreds of American lives and billions of ...